Get 3 biohazards with each disease on normal or higher in the Shut Down Everything Scenario

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Posted on 05 November 16 at 01:02, Edited on 05 November 16 at 01:06

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This scenario is probably the easiest of the big 3 but countries will randomly shut down their borders so we need to evolve Birds and then hope that none of the Islands go into lock down (if they do depending on the plague you'll probably need to reload/restart). I recommend making a couple of saves as the Islands become infected. (I wish their was a guaranteed way to win each time but sadly they rely on a lot of luck and skill)

To get 3 biohazards on these scenarios, time is your biggest concern, I recommend that you don't put the speed onto the fasting setting until you've evolved your final symptom. The other big factor is cure progress, if you have any spare DNA near the end of a game that you can spend on a genetic reshuffle or symptom that increase research time - spend it!

BACTERIA / VIRUS / PARASITE / PRION

*** Spoiler - click to reveal ***The good news is this strategy should win most of the time, the bad news is you need a bit of luck to win quick enough to get 3 biohazards (especially on Prion). Don't be afraid to amend it slightly depending on how lucky you get with the infection (Increasing Lethality sooner than I recommend etc.)

I suggest making a save near the beginning of the game and once each of the 5 islands becomes infected so if everywhere isn't infected after around 9 months you can reload.

For Prion you might want to increase the lethality a bit earlier and pray/hope you still manage to infect the Islands due to the delay in time it takes for your plague to update after you evolve it. (It will take a lot of reloading!)

*** Spoiler - click to reveal ***Nano Virus isn't as tough as some of the others due to the speed in which it can kill, infecting the Islands can still be a pain though but you can probably give yourself an extra 30-50 days to infect them all compared to Bacteria etc.

If any land locked countries go into lock-down evolve Birds to infect them

*** Spoiler - click to reveal ***With Bioweapon we only have to worry about spreading the plague as it has a cheap and fast way to kill the world off once everybody is infected! Like Nano-Virus you can give yourself a little bit of extra time to infect everybody.

If any land locked countries go into lock-down evolve Birds to infect them

*** Spoiler - click to reveal ***This is another plague thats easy to win, but beating it in the time constraints can be tough. Make sure you're familiar with the special abilities as you need to be quick and accurate!

Use these Genes; ATP Boost, ATP Overdose, Teracyte, Urbophile & Together StrongerStart in Central AfricaEvolve Simian Neuro-Genesis & Ape Colonies (Abilities)Wait for your apes to breakout and establish a colony (restart if it takes more than 25 days)Evolve Inter-Genus Dissemination 1-2 (Transmissions) & Organised Travel (Ability)Send your Colony to East Africa (Through Sudan)Once the apes are out of Central Africa re-establish a colony there next to Western Africa and a 3rd 1 in Sudan (If you do it before they are out of the country they'll stop travelling)Evolve Logistics (Ability)Send the colony in Central Africa to Western Africa and rebuild the colony in Central Africa. (You should have 4)Move Apes from Saudi Arabia into Russia (Via Iraq, Iran, Central Asia, Kazakhstan & China)Evolve Seafaring (Ability)Move some Apes from Saudi to New Zealand (Via India, Indonesia and Australia)Evolve Cognitive Shift & Education (Abilities)Send Apes from Russia to Mexico (Via Baltic States, Poland, Germany, France, Caribbean & Central America.) and another lot to Canada (Via Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland & Greenland)Build a 5th Colony in IndonesiaEvolve Cold 1 & Drug 1 (Abilities)Evolve Photophobia, Subconjunctival Bleed, Subconjunctival Haemorrhage, Headache & Joint Pain (Symptoms)Evolve Hominidae Bridge (Transmission) You should get lots of bubbles to pop! If its taken longer than 9 months you'll probably need to restart.Evolve Air 1, Water 1, Birds 1-2, Fomites 1-3 & Bat 1-2 (Transmissions)If any labs are built evolve Ape Rampage (Ability) and destroy them.Start moving Apes into the remaining countries where humans or Apes aren't already infected (try to be efficient as possible)At the same time evolve any Symptoms that increase Infectivity and start to increase the LethalityEvolve Cold 2 & Drug 2 (Abilities)Keep evolving Symptoms and any other Transmissions (Air 2, Water 2 & Extreme Bioaerosol) that you think you need (Use your judgement on the Lethality) until you can evolve Total Brain Death (Via the Neuro Enhancements tree) to kill off the population and any other lethal Symptoms. You'll probably have some spare DNA at the end to evolve Genetic Reshuffles to get a little bit of a bonus score.